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Is Trump Immune to the Attack Ad?
US News & World Report ^ | May 31, 2016 | David Catanese, Senior political writer

Posted on 06/02/2016 4:49:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats hope to Romneyize The Donald, but doing so may be harder than they think.

Four years ago this month, Priorities USA Action, the Democratic super PAC created by former staffers of President Barack Obama, dropped the first in a series of television commercials created to brand Mitt Romney as a heartless corporatist whose business deals enriched him at the expense of struggling Americans.

The initial negative advertising blitz, in tandem with Obama's presidential campaign, is now widely credited with decisively defining Romney to the electorate early on and damaging his reputation to a point of no return

Fast-forward a full election cycle to the very same timespan, and Democrats again are seeking to stain a wealthy presumptive Republican nominee's image with a catalogue of callous commercials.

But 2016 is not 2012, and Donald Trump is no Mitt Romney. The New York City billionaire's omnipresent candidacy within a nonstop new media atmosphere raises considerable doubts about whether a similar strategy can be as effective.

"Trump has crafted his own image before his opponents have been able to do it," says Kathleen Hall Jamieson....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: New York; Campaign News; Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016election; democrats; election2016; hillary; newyork; prioritiesusaaction; romney; trump

1 posted on 06/02/2016 4:49:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 06/02/2016 4:56:17 PM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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Romney quaked in fear of the media, and was ashamed of his wealth. Trump actively campaigns against the media, and flaunts his wealth. Two very different candidates, and most likely, totally different results.


3 posted on 06/02/2016 4:56:52 PM PDT by euram
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The media didn’t create him so they can’t destroy him.


4 posted on 06/02/2016 4:57:44 PM PDT by dowcaet
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ucla terrorist religion is ISLAM !!!
http://www.weaselzippers.us/274818-ucla-shooter-was-mainak-sarkar-grad-student-from-minneapolis/


5 posted on 06/02/2016 5:00:39 PM PDT by biggredd1
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What else?


6 posted on 06/02/2016 5:08:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Largely, because he fights back, which is probably my favorite thing about him


7 posted on 06/02/2016 5:11:21 PM PDT by Persevero (NUTS)
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Clinton: Donald trump is _____________

Trump: Yea, so?


8 posted on 06/02/2016 5:11:43 PM PDT by cyclotic (Guns don't kill people. Abortion clinics kill people)
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Sure hope the mediacrats don’t find out about Trump’s car elevator.


9 posted on 06/02/2016 5:17:21 PM PDT by CMailBag
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No but everyone sees his attackers for what/who they are.


10 posted on 06/02/2016 5:19:36 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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“Trump actively campaigns against the media, and flaunts his wealth.”
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He also brings the media to heel in his press conferences!

“Journalist” (after Trump beat up the press for several minutes)... “Will all your press conferences be like this?”

“Trump”... “YES.”


11 posted on 06/02/2016 6:14:32 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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His immunity comes from them not finding anything significant to attack so they always have to lie/exaggerate/obfuscate...


12 posted on 06/03/2016 3:20:56 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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